A Consensus Model for Group Decision Making with Hesitant Fuzzy Information

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (03) ◽  
pp. 459-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiming Zhang ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
Xuedong Tian
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Feedback Mechanism ◽  
Mathematical Tool ◽  
Fuzzy Information ◽  
Consensus Process ◽  
Decision Matrix ◽  
High Level

Hesitant fuzzy sets, permitting the membership of an element to be a set of several possible values, can be used as an efficient mathematical tool for modeling people's hesitancy in daily life. The aim of this paper is to present a consensus support model for group decision making with hesitant fuzzy information. This model is composed of two processes: a consensus process and a selection process. The consensus process is carried out to reach a high level of consensus among experts' opinions before applying a selection process. We first aggregate the hesitant fuzzy decision matrix into a group decision matrix by using the additive aggregation (AA) operator. Then the consensus measure is used to design a feedback mechanism that generates advice to the experts on how they should change their preferences to obtain a solution with a high consensus degree. In the selection process, based on the consentaneous group decision matrix, the additive weighted aggregation (AWA) operator is utilized to derive the overall attribute values of alternatives, by which the most desirable alternative can be found out. Finally, a practical example is proposed to illustrate the application of the proposed model.

Group decision making method for residents to choose livable cities depicted by n-intuitionistic polygonal fuzzy sets1

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 3503-3518
Author(s):  
Guijun Wang ◽  
Jie Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Arithmetic Operation ◽  
Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set ◽  
Score Function ◽  
Fuzzy Information ◽  
Decision Matrix ◽  
Arithmetic Average

The polygonal fuzzy set is an effective tool to express a class of fuzzy information with the help of finite ordered real numbers. It can not only guarantee the closeness of arithmetic operation of the polygonal fuzzy sets, but also has good linearity and intuitiveness. Firstly, the concept of the n-intuitionistic polygonal fuzzy set (n-IPFS) is proposed based on the intuitionistic fuzzy set and the polygonal fuzzy set. The ordered representation and arithmetic operation of n-IPFS are given by an example. Secondly, a new aggregation method for multi attribute fuzzy information is given based on the n-IPFS operations and the weighted arithmetic average operator, and the ranking criteria of n-IPFS are obtained by using the score function and the accuracy function. Finally, a new group decision making method is proposed for urban residents to choose the livable city problem based on the decision matrix of the n-IPFS, and the effectiveness of the proposed method is explained by an actual example.

A CONSENSUS MODEL FOR GROUP DECISION-MAKING PROBLEMS WITH INTERVAL FUZZY PREFERENCE RELATIONS

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (04) ◽  
pp. 709-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. TAPIA GARCÍA ◽  
M. J. DEL MORAL ◽  
M. A. MARTÍNEZ ◽  
E. HERRERA-VIEDMA
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Preference Relation ◽  
Feedback Mechanism ◽  
Consensus Model ◽  
Preference Relations ◽  
Fuzzy Preference Relations ◽  
Fuzzy Preference

Interval fuzzy preference relations can be useful to express decision makers' preferences in group decision-making problems. Usually, we apply a selection process and a consensus process to solve a group decision situation. In this paper, we present a consensus model for group decision-making problems with interval fuzzy preference relations. This model is based on two consensus criteria, a consensus measure and a proximity measure, and also on the concept of coincidence among preferences. We compute both consensus criteria in the three representation levels of a preference relation and design an automatic feedback mechanism to guide experts in the consensus reaching process. We show an application example in social work.

scholarly journals Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Hesitant Fuzzy Aggregation Operators and Their Application in Group Decision-Making

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiming Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Aggregation Operators ◽  
Hesitant Fuzzy Set ◽  
Mathematical Tool ◽  
Fuzzy Information ◽  
Intuitionistic Fuzzy ◽  
Interval Valued

Hesitant fuzzy sets, permitting the membership of an element to be a set of several possible values, can be used as an efficient mathematical tool for modelling people’s hesitancy in daily life. In this paper, we extend the hesitant fuzzy set to interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy environments and propose the concept of interval-valued intuitionistic hesitant fuzzy set, which allows the membership of an element to be a set of several possible interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. The aim of this paper is to develop a series of aggregation operators for interval-valued intuitionistic hesitant fuzzy information. Then, some desired properties of the developed operators are studied, and the relationships among these operators are discussed. Furthermore, we apply these aggregation operators to develop an approach to multiple attribute group decision-making with interval-valued intuitionistic hesitant fuzzy information. Finally, a numerical example is provided to illustrate the application of the developed approach.

scholarly journals Towards Better Concordance among Contextualized Evaluations in FAST-GDM Problems

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Marcelo Loor ◽  
Ana Tapia-Rosero ◽  
Guy De Tré
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Sets ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets ◽  
Heterogeneous Group ◽  
Intuitionistic Fuzzy ◽  
High Level ◽  
Consensus Reaching ◽  
Novel Algorithm

A flexible attribute-set group decision-making (FAST-GDM) problem consists in finding the most suitable option(s) out of the options under consideration, with a general agreement among a heterogeneous group of experts who can focus on different attributes to evaluate those options. An open challenge in FAST-GDM problems is to design consensus reaching processes (CRPs) by which the participants can perform evaluations with a high level of consensus. To address this challenge, a novel algorithm for reaching consensus is proposed in this paper. By means of the algorithm, called FAST-CR-XMIS, a participant can reconsider his/her evaluations after studying the most influential samples that have been shared by others through contextualized evaluations. Since exchanging those samples may make participants’ understandings more like each other, an increase of the level of consensus is expected. A simulation of a CRP where contextualized evaluations of newswire stories are characterized as augmented intuitionistic fuzzy sets (AIFS) shows how FAST-CR-XMIS can increase the level of consensus among the participants during the CRP.

scholarly journals Hybrid Multiattribute Group Decision Making Based on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Information and GRA Method

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Guo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Ideal Solution ◽  
Decision Matrix ◽  
Intuitionistic Fuzzy ◽  
Multiple Attribute ◽  
Intuitionistic Fuzzy Entropy ◽  
Fuzzy Group Decision Making

Hybrid multiple attribute group decision making involves ranking and selecting competing courses of action available using attributes to evaluate the alternatives. The decision makers assessment information can be expressed in the form of real number, interval-valued number, linguistic variable, and the intuitionistic fuzzy number. All these evaluation information can be transformed to the form of intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. A combined GRA with intuitionistic fuzzy group decision-making approach is proposed. Firstly, the hybrid decision matrix is standardized and then transformed into an intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrix. Then, intuitionistic fuzzy averaging operator is utilized to aggregate opinions of decision makers. Intuitionistic fuzzy entropy is utilized to obtain the entropy weights of the criteria, respectively. After intuitionistic fuzzy positive ideal solution and intuitionistic fuzzy negative ideal solution are calculated, the grey relative relational degree of alternatives is obtained and alternatives are ranked. In the end, a numerical example illustrates the validity and applicability of the proposed method.

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